The Grange-an organization that helped farmers form cooperatives and pressured state legislators to regulate businesses on which farmers depended. The full name of the organization is The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry. Founded after the Civil War in 1867, is the United State's oldest agricultural advocacy group of national scope. Major accomplishments credited to Grange advocacy include passage of the Granger Laws and the establishment of rural free mail delivery.
The full name of the organization is The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry. Founded after the Civil War in 1867, is the United State's oldest agricultural advocacy group of national scope. Major accomplishments credited to Grange advocacy include passage of the Granger Laws and the establishment of rural free mail delivery.